Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschelwas a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was active in the American Civil Rights movement...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth11 January 1907
CountryPoland
faith night challenges
In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn...to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
kings prayer legs
When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
art prayer training
There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
song prayer men
The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song. Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
thinking self world
Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
religious passion men
A religious man is a person ... whose greatest passion is compassion.
appreciation two use
There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation . In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use. In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
inspirational life motivational
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
spiritual incredibles treats
Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
importance supreme
God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
self light darkness
God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
guilty responsible terrible
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.
buddhist truth life-changing
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
action vicarious
All action is vicarious faith.